You could make a decision, as described in Re: How do I process many (conflicting) command line parameters? (and modify it a bit):

# untested
my $action = shift;
my %actions = ( options => \&get_options, config => \&read_config );

$actions{$action}->();

sub get_options { # get options }
sub read_config { # read config }
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Regards, Karl